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cnafa

  • noun [ masculine ]
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Grammar
cnafa, an; m.
Wright's OE grammar
§256; §293;
A boy, lad, young man
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  • Gamenian mid cnafan

    jocari cum parvulo,

      Scint. 172, 19.
  • Cnafan þínum

    puero tuo,

      Ps. Spl. C. 85, 15.
  • Sýn twégen tó þám sylfan gescyfte cnafan (

    pueri

    ),
      Angl. xiii. 410, 640.
Etymology
[v. N. E. D. knave. O. H. Ger. chnabo.]
Similar entries
v. mǽg-cnafa. Cf. next word.
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